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True-False Quiz


This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1
1 All of the area that contributes overland flow and groundwater to a particular stream is called a watershed.
   
 
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Question 2
2 Interfluves normally have clear-cut drainage systems; valleys do not.
   
 
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Question 3
3 Stream order is a hierarchy of streams beginning with the largest (first-order).
   
 
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Question 4
4 A stream load contains three different loads: dissolved, suspended, and bedload.
   
 
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Question 5
5 Competence is a measure of the largest particle size a stream can transport.
   
 
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Question 6
6 Capacity is a measure of the amount of solid material a stream can transport.
   
 
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Question 7
7 Alluvial material typically is smooth and round due to the battering the particles receive from their flow downstream.
   
 
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Question 8
8 Erosion occurs on the inside of stream bends.
   
 
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Question 9
9 Deltas usually consist of a maze of roughly parallel channels called distributaries.
   
 
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Question 10
10 In the final analysis, all topographic study is the study of how slopes change through time.
   
 
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